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Electronic Alerts to Improve Heart Failure Therapy in Outpatient Practice A Cluster Randomized Trial
Ghazi L, Yamamoto Y, Riello RJ, Coronel-Moreno C, Martin M, O'Connor KD, Simonov M, Huang J, Olufade T, McDermott J, Dhar R, Inzucchi SE, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Electronic Alerts to Improve Heart Failure Therapy in Outpatient Practice A Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 2203-2213. PMID: 35385798, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.03.338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuideline-directed medical therapyUsual careEjection fractionHeart failureMedical therapyPrimary outcomeCluster-randomized comparative effectiveness trialSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitorsElectronic health record alertsAldosterone system inhibitorsReduced ejection fractionUsual care armCotransporter 2 inhibitorsMineralocorticoid receptor antagonistsVentricular ejection fractionComparative effectiveness trialNumber of patientsKnowledge of guidelinesLow-cost interventionCare armDays postrandomizationEligible patientsGDMT useFailure therapyPatient characteristicsAlerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Ahmad T, Desai NR, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Martin M, Simonov M, Dhar R, Hsiao A, Kashyap N, Allen L, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP. Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 905-912. PMID: 35947362, PMCID: PMC9366654, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overEmpiricismFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansMaleQuality ImprovementStroke VolumeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsUsual care groupElectronic health recordsHeart failureAlert groupMedian agePrimary outcomeFemale patientsTerminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsYale New Haven Health SystemPro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsMedian NT-proBNP levelLeft ventricular ejection fractionLarge tertiary care centerHeart failure hospitalizationHeart failure medicationsNatriuretic peptide levelsNT-proBNP levelsHealth recordsHours of admissionTertiary care centerVentricular ejection fractionRate of hospitalizationIntensive care unitEthnicity groupsSmall community hospital
2023
The importance of forward flow and venous congestion in diuretic response in acute heart failure: Insights from the ESCAPE trial
Eder M, Griffin M, Moreno-Villagomez J, Bellumkonda L, Maulion C, Asher J, Wilson F, Cox Z, Ivey-Miranda J, Rao V, Butler J, Borlaug B, McCallum W, Ramos-Mastache D, Testani J. The importance of forward flow and venous congestion in diuretic response in acute heart failure: Insights from the ESCAPE trial. International Journal Of Cardiology 2023, 381: 57-61. PMID: 37023862, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHeart FailureHumansHyperemiaSodium Potassium Chloride Symporter InhibitorsStroke VolumeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsRight atrial pressureDiuretic efficiencyRight atrial areaDiuretic responseVenous congestionHeart failureCardio-renal interactionsLoop diuretic doseAcute heart failureRenal perfusion pressureLow cardiac outputMean arterial pressureRight ventricular systolicCongestive heart failureVentricular ejection fractionNet fluid outputForward flowDiuretic doseDiuretic resistanceTTE parametersCardiac indexVentricular systolicArterial pressureAtrial pressureEjection fraction
2021
Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial aimed at improving use of guideline directed medical therapy in outpatients with heart failure: PRagmatic trial of messaging to providers about treatment of heart failure (PROMPT-HF)
Ghazi L, Desai NR, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, O'Connor KD, Riello RJ, Huang J, Olufade T, McDermott J, Inzucchi SE, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP, Ahmad T. Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial aimed at improving use of guideline directed medical therapy in outpatients with heart failure: PRagmatic trial of messaging to providers about treatment of heart failure (PROMPT-HF). American Heart Journal 2021, 244: 107-115. PMID: 34808104, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHeart FailureHumansOutpatientsStroke VolumeUnited StatesVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Function, LeftConceptsGuideline-directed medical therapyBest practice alertLeft ventricular ejection fractionHeart failureUsual careMedical therapyPragmatic trialElectronic health recordsEjection fractionCluster-randomized pragmatic trialLarge integrated healthcare systemDays post randomizationAppropriate medical therapyHeart Failure TrialReduced ejection fractionUsual care groupCommon chronic illnessGlomerular filtration rateVentricular ejection fractionRecent blood pressureIntegrated healthcare systemUse of guidelinesLow-cost interventionCreatinine levelsReal-world practice